Cricket: Stroll for England.Byline: Ed Hawkins. ENGLAND are as short as 1-4 to win their three-Test series against New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. after they claimed the opening rubber at Lord's yesterday, writes Ed Hawkins. The hosts were 6-4 to follow up their series win over the West Indies West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. before the battle at Headquarters and go into the second Test at Leeds next Thursday full of confidence. England comfortably chased down the target of 282 for the loss of just three wickets. Nasser Hussain was the hero with 103 not out as he led his country to the second highest total to win a game batting last at Lord's. After the game Hussain hinted at retirement, fearing he could stifle the career of man-of-the-match Andrew Strauss. He said: "I am not going to be holding up Straussy and lads like that." Ladbrokes said England's win was one of their worst cricket results after punters snapped up the hosts at 6-5 on Saturday. nFormer England seamer Ed Giddins has been fined pounds 1,000 and banned for five years by the ECB See electronic code book. after betting on his own team to lose. Giddins, then with Surrey and now retired, bet around pounds 7,000 on a Northants victory in a controversial National League match on August 3, 2002. |
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